Chapter 83

• The war room was dimly lit, the glow of the Nexus Codex casting shifting shadows across the walls. The artifact sat beside the relic from the Ebon Crucible, both radiating a silent weight of forgotten history. Three of the five restricted dimensions had been explored, each revealing pieces of a past the Nexus had long since sealed away.
• And now, it was time to face the fourth.
• Kael stood at the mission console, the Nexus Core Key resting in his palm. Across the room, Angelica watched him carefully. “Every time we unlock one of these realms, we learn something we weren’t supposed to. This one could be worse.”